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https://www.alaskapublic.org/2...ith-saving-his-life/

“I remember looking over my shoulder, and I was saying something to them when I kind of heard the bushes crashing, and that’s when I looked up and looked over toward [where] the sound was coming from,” he said. “I couldn’t even really see it all at first because the brush was pretty thick, but about 20 feet away … this bear comes charging out of the brush at full speed.”

Coltharp grabbed his gun from a sling on his back and tried to load the chamber, but the bear was faster than he was. So he jumped to the side to get his upper body and head out of the way in the hopes that Walloch, who was also armed, could get in a shot.

I'd have defecated my trousers!

They handled it as well as could be expected and it had a good outcome.

Thanks for sharing.

Zeke

Good friends are a treasure.

Especially those who can shoot!

Agree! The trick is to shoot the bear without shooting through him into your friend. Bad things happen when an already expanded bullet hits you.

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Originally posted by chuck375:
Agree! The trick is to shoot the bear without shooting through him into your friend. Bad things happen when an already expanded bullet hits you.

Does anyone know Craig Sharp.....??? or his father, who was the manager of the Sears Mall, in Anchorage...???

Craig was stationed at the Coast Guard base on Kodiak, he and a friend were hunting Karluk Lake, and Craig shot a very-very nice Brown Bear (that was and may still be in the Sears Mall) so Craig goes in the finish off the bear, the bear get on him, his hunting partner, shoots to stop the bear from mauling Craig Sharp. One of the bullets goes through the bear and hits Craig in the lower leg. The last time I visited with Craig, he had, had 26 operations on that leg. He owned a "Gun Store" in Buzzard Gulch, Alaska (also known as Eagle River) back in the mid 80's. Great guy, he had just married, Miss Alaska.

Decades back I investigated a shooting where a three natives were out poaching.

They were out riding around in a mustang.

They saw a nice buck standing in the middle of the road.

The guy in the back seat goes to load the Winchester 94.

AS he is levering in a round it goes off driving the 170gr sp into the front passengers leg. Just below the knee the bullet enter one of the bones traveled down the center of it.

Coming out the bottom of the foot.

As far as I know he is still walking with a limp.

Yes alcohol was involved.

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his hunting partner, shoots to stop the bear from mauling Craig Sharp.

Was a 358 win used.?

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Originally posted by p dog shooter:

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his hunting partner, shoots to stop the bear from mauling Craig Sharp.

Was a 358 win used.?

"NO" .340 Wby. Magnum

I thought some time in the past I read about a similar case where a 358 win was used.